UN Environment today released its 2018 Annual Report, highlighting the organization’s work on issues from fighting pollution of the air and sea to helping nations meet their goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Paris, 26 November 2018 –In a bid to define the banking industry’s role and responsibilities in shaping a sustainable future, UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and 28 banks from around the world are launching the…

Mobilizing the world’s financial centres is essential to make progress on climate change and sustainable development. The momentum towards a sustainable financial system is clear: integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into…

Bali, 29 October 2018 – The world’s first global framework to finance a sustainable ocean economy was launched at the Our Ocean conference today.
The Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles were developed by the…

By Erik Solheim, Head of UN Environment
Pensions, by their very nature, have to be sustainable. After all, they’re supposed to provide a measure of long-term certainty in an uncertain world.
Much of the world’s working…

Chinese investors should integrate environmental, social and governance concerns into their investment decisions in order to fulfil their duties to their beneficiaries and support the development of China’s Ecological…

It is no secret that the Paris Agreement, with its current ambition, won’t save us from considerable changes in our climate. UN Environment research in late 2017 showed that promised emission cuts are a third of what we…

Forests and farms are key to the fight against climate change, but they receive only a tiny fraction of climate finance. It is critical that we transition to deforestation-free agriculture if we want to stop global warming…

The Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility, launched in Jakarta in October 2016, has finalized its first investment to help reduce poverty while preserving the habitat of three critically endangered species.
Over the past…